Improvement in cattle-stalls



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EPHRAIM E. WADDELL, OF GALLIPOLIS, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CATTLE-STALLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,086, dated May 22,1877 application tiled March 3, 1877.

To allwhom it may concern Be it known that I, EPHRAIM EDY WAD- DELL, ofGallipolis, in the county of Gallia and State of Ohio, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Stalls for Stabling Cattle, of which thefollowing is a specification:

Figure 1 is a front view of three of my improved stalls. Fig. 2 is adetail section of one of the stalls.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawing,and then pointed out in the claim.

A represents the frame of the stable, and B are the front boards. To thecentral side posts of the frame A, at a suitable height, are attachedthe ends kof a cross-beam, E.

D are the partitions or gates that form the stalls. The central bars ofthe partitions D extend downward below the bottom of the saidpartitions, and are pivoted to a step attached to the door of thestable. The central bars of the partitions D extend up to thecross-bean1 E, and work in notches in the side edge of said cross-beam,where they are secured in place by buttons F, so that the saidpartitions D can be readily removed when desired, to enable the stableto be used for other purposes. The entrance for the cattle is at therear part of one side.

When the cattle are to be put in, the partitions D are all turned acrossthe stalls. One of the cattle is then allowed to enter, and when therear stall is reached its partition is swung around into place andsecured, and another of the cattle is let in and secured in thenext'stall, and so on until all the cattle are in their stalls, or untilall the stalls are lled. The partitions D are locked in place by slidinglatches or bolts G, which are slid into mortisesin the front posts ofthe stable.

In the case of milk-cows a small door, C, is formed in the front of thestall, at the side of the opening through which the cattle feed, for themilkman to pass through.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentf The combination, in a cow-stable, of the frame A,pivoted side gates D, cross-beam E, and floor-steps, the gates beingpivoted in cross-beam and steps, and between the front and rear ends ofthe stalls, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

EPHRAIM EDY WADDELL.

Witnesses:

B. L. GARDNER, EDWARD DAWSON.

